The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-20
SUPERIOR, WIS.,. SATURDAY. AUG. 20. 1857.


Duff of Pesthigo were instantly killed
while crossing a railroad track in
wagon.
We understand that a terrible
fatality prevails among the children
at Barron. Five deaths occurred there
Monday and four Tuesday.-Alert
Pioneer Press: The Greenback
party of New York will hold a state
convention this fall. Some people
love to hang round graveyards and
mfr the odor of corpses
Duluth News: Out of 55,1G7
postofHces 1913 have been filed by
Democrat in the last three years by
reform president. The cry in 'SS
will be, turn the rascal out
Washington Critic: Some day
when Ignatius Donnelly hasn't any
thin to do he might sit down and
figure it out that the forbidden fruit
was banana, and Adams fall was
caused BY the skin.
Pioneer Press: Senator Beck
says that there are forty applicants for
every federal office in Kentucky. And
because Beck can't get an Office for
each Of them good many Of them
talk Of defeating him at the coming
election.
Cumberland Herald: Mr.. Pewaubek
and family, Of Sand Lake, we're IN
town Tuesday. The Misses Frognose
and Chippie-blrd Pewaube}, driving
down in the family carriage while their
father and mother came down by
canoe line
Gen. Villas and Gen. Fairchild
are both feeling pulses in Wisconsin,
and Villas is doing something in the
way of fence repairing The two
generals will be sweet to each other
even if they are in Madison together.
Exchange.
Mortified News: To Mr. Cleye-
land: We submit to your respectful
consideration before you attempt to
swing around the circle that no pres
idential candidate who eyer did that
has ever delivered his inaugural after
election-not one.
Pipe Stone Republican: At the
White House the portrait of jeff
Dayis has been placed alongside that
of Martha Washington. All that is
lacking now is for that Dakota ex-
soldier to hang at the bottom of Jef"s
picture the skirt he wore when captur-
ed.
Louis L. Strum, ex-deputy
County Treasurer, was arrested in Eau
Claire, few days ago, charged with
embezzling nearly $4,000 Of public
money during his term Of office in
that county. 1t is the old story Of
unfortunate speculation with money
that did not belong to him.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: If the
president should extend his trip up
to Dakota he would find number Of
the settlers who would like for him to
bring Sparks along. They dote on
Sparks almost as much as the G.. A.
Il. does on Cleveland. Sparks would
draw equal to a menagerie in Dakota.
a terrible disaster occurred on
the new extension of the Northwestern
road to Natersmeet, near Norway,
Mich. 4 crew Of men after finishing
building water tank filed it with
water to test it. The tank suddenly
burst with terrific force, killing six
men instantly and injuring six others.
Names not given.
The four daughters of Albert
Singer, Of Wheaton, Chippewa county,
died very suddenly last Saturday.
Two were taken violently sick and
died in a few minutes. The other two
were taken sick few minutes after
wards and died almost Immediately.
Tie DR.. pronounced the case cholera
morbus. -Chetek Alert.
4 report from Eau Claire says:
\ vote was taken by Eagle post, G.
A. L. on the dependent pension bill
which is to be presented to the next
congress. Seyenty-nine votes we're
cast in favor Of the bill and none
against it. Adit. Gen Barry reports
returns made TO date from sixty-fve
posts in Wisconsin, about one-fourth
of the whole number, all Of which
favor the passage Of the BILL
There i rough truth in the
cd proverh that 4 man Is what a
woman makes him Take the high
est men You have ever known, men
who like Gordon, or some we have
known in private life, seem as if they
were cut out Of one solid chrystolite,
and you will generally find that they
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